An ongoing battle that will continue

Great science.

We've been trying to prove this theory since Marx and Darwin were exchanging letters and books. Since it can't be proven, it's going to be declared fact in out textbooks.

We have been also trying to prove the Big Bang theory since a Catholic priest introduced it during Einstein's life.

This oppression by our school systems is why they are failing. Our search for the truth is about to end.

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i must admit to being surprised. I really thought that Darwin predated Marx by a century or so. They did indeed live essentially at the same time.

That said, I am not certain that I see the jump from evolution theory in education to Marx's writings.

It does seem to me that churches are free to teach creationism as science as much as they wish. Schools should avoid teaching religious tenets except as they relate to the teaching of history. If schools are forced to include religious tenets, why not insist that medical schools include Christian Science "healing", or Scientology voodoo for that matter.

To websmith:

It is a fallacy that Darwin and Karl Marx corresponded. And indeed, the bellief that Marx wanted to dedicate a book to Darwin is also false.

Darwin wrote a letter declining the dedication of a book on atheism from an author, Edward Aveling. Aveling's common law wife was Elanor Maex, Marx's daughter, and Elanor was in control of her father's papers. Papers belonging to father and daughter got mixed up and the letter declining the dedication was assumed to be addressed to father, not son-in-law. Later, Aveling's request letter was found among Darwin's papers for a book entitled "The Student's Darwin." Darwin said in his reply to Aveling that science should not address religious matters directly. In fact, while Darwin did have a copy of Das Kapital, the pages were never separated, so he did not, in fact, read his copy.

And whether Darwin and Karl Marx corresponded has absolutely nothing to do with the teaching of evolution.

This is good news. Texas is one of those states more fond of creationism (over science) in a big way. That the pendulum is swinging far enough, fast enough for science to win, even by one vote, is a very good thing.

I can see why a choice had to be made. Conflicting education like this sows the seed of confusion in the mind of a child, and both sides taught together stand to puzzle the child as he or she grows up. This isn't really something a person needs to choose, it's about what is or what isn't.